Abbey Howell

8.9

Delicious zin. Light, fruity but a confident zin character. — 11 years ago

Ray Ormand

8.9

Started out dramatic and confident, but lost focus after an hour or so. — 11 years ago

Jean-Marc Troadec

9.3

Chocolatey ripe red fruit—cassis, wild strawberry, notes of thyme and garrigue. Soft round tannins and enough acid to keep it balanced. Big-boned and self- confident, this is another easy-drinking hedonistic fruit-forward wine from Eric Solomon, @Philippe Cambie and Gilles Ferran. Sunny and friendly, it feels like the South of France in a glass... 15% alcohol (though drinks like 13%) Pricier than I'd like for an everyday wine, but at $28 a nice treat! More please... — 11 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.3

An immense vintage maturing nicely with a clean, confident and undomesticated spirit. — 11 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.4

Brilliant wine! Light, fragrant and nervous yet with pure and confident fruit underneath. Long, fresh and demanding finish. — 11 years ago

Rob Lateiner

9.0

Great purity, just a bit taut right now. Should resolve nicely. There are some deep, leafy, earthy aromatics. Oak is judged well. This has nice freshness to it. Definitely on the rustic side. Jenna thinks it's "dirty and dusty like licking the floor of a primitive structure." It is very hot to her as well, both nasally and to drink. The wine Polaner calls blood orange on this bottling and Camus' other VV Savigny bottling. He is completely right we both agree. 85 year old vines. A solid value for the cellar. Jenna says the quality of this is like unfiltered Honest Tea to clean and bright Steaz. This is a touch more muddled at the moment with a bit of bitterness but I am confident this will clarify and integrate nicely with time. Old school for purists. Jenna says it's "minty and herbal, fennel or anise." Definitely anise/fennel. Some balsamicky older barrel aromas and also nuttier newer oak aromas, too. Good balance. This really does have some soil aromas to it. A touch hot (alcohol) right but I imagine it will cool down with some time in bottle. — 12 years ago

Rob Moose

8.9

Lactic. Young. Reduced? Not confident enough to use that word. Has potential. Nose developed over an hour. Norwich — 11 years ago

Ray Ormand

9.2

Powerhouse Cabernet. Packed with flavor. Confident and deep. — 11 years ago

Bryan Calandrelli

Regional Editor New York Cork Report

9.0

Just so confident. — 12 years ago

Alex Pinto

9.8

Confident! — 13 years ago